VCE Studio Arts 2019: Folio Examples

Hear a top VCE student speak about their personal approaches to the Unit 3&4 study, how they gained inspiration and understandings from galleries and other sources; see how they developed initial ideas into a clearly articulated visual arts body of work; and gather tips and pointers from these successful students in developing their VCE folios.

A hard working, high achieving student talks about their initial nerves and plans, and takes you through the development of their Studio Arts folio. They explain how they approached their exploration proposals, the development of their ideas and how they achieved top marks for Outcome 2, Units 3&4. These presentations include strong visual examples of their folios accompanied by the audio of their presentations.

In this recording of teacher Kathryn Hendy-Ekers (now VCAA Curriculum Manager, Visual Arts), she discusses and explains the study requirements and visuals of student examples. Specific examples from student folios and visual diaries are referred to, explaining and demonstrating how artworks have been developed and refined to achieve specific key knowledge and skills, and ways in which students have developed their practical work to achieve top marks for their folio.

Unit 3 – SAT 1 – Criterion 1
Preparation of an exploration proposal and work plan that formulates the content and parameters of an individual studio process

Unit 3 – SAT 1 – Criterion 1
There is detailed explanation of subject matter to be developed and communicated:

I will be creating three-dimensional objects, sculptural pieces and two-dimensional works on paper, incorporating photographs, which invoke the feeling of a ‘scientific collection’ including biological specimens, artefacts and items of curiosity.

For more than twenty two years, this popular exhibition has presented outstanding work by students who have completed Art or Studio Arts studies in the Victorian Certificate of Education (VCE). StArt Up: Top Arts 2016 presents work from forty-two inspiring young artists in a diversity of media, including painting, drawing, sculpture, printmaking, photography, video and sound. The exhibition provides insight into young people’s ideas and concerns, thinking and creative practices, and features a selection of folios and developmental material. StArt Up: Top Arts 2016 is a celebration of the quality and diversity of the creative talents of the next generation.